In the last two decades, dominant business models in the economy have turned to aggregating the resources of people to provide services to consumers through a platform. Airbnb, Uber, and Amazon are a few examples in sharing economy services (SES) business employing this model. Blockchain is set to disrupt these giants by facilitating direct access between users and service providers in a secure an

Façade fires are a big concern due to past incidents and the large number of victims encountered. Vertical flame spread mechanism specific to this type of fires is a complex phenomenon with parameters that are often difficult to be coupled. Moreover, the architectural design of the façade assemblies further complicates the evaluation of the fire safety strategies. The energy reduction requirement

Krita-paleogen-gränsen har länge varit central i diskussioner mellan forskare runt om i världen, då den markerar/sammanfaller med utdöendet av 75% av jordens arter till följd av ett enormt asteriodnedslag på Chicxulúbhalvön i Mexiko. Gränsintervallet är vida utbrett i sedimentära lagerföljder som bildades under denna tid, och kan identifieras genom sina unika kemiska egenskaper och karakteristiskaThe Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary has long been a center of discussion amongst scientists as it marks the extinction of 75% of all species on Earth. This mass extinction event was probably caused by an enormous asteroid impact event in what is now Mexico. The boundary interval is easily identified in the sedimentary geological record because of its unique chemical properties as well as its charact

Salafism is a fundamentalist belief of Islam and its believers strive to live like their forefathers did. In Sweden, the group aim for peaceful segregation and isolation among their believers, rejects modernity and avoid socialisation with Western society and its inhabitants. Salafism has recently acquired more attention due to the terrorist organisation ISIS which justifies their actions based on

Throughout history to this day, the food industry has been facing numerous food contamination incidents. Globalization and an increasing complexity of the food supply chain creates the need for high trust in the information exchanged, therefore there is a lot of focus on food traceability. While there have been improvements to food traceability by the advancements in information systems, transpare

Sedan några år tillbaka finns det förstelärare i skolan. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur förstelärare och andra ämneslärare i matematik tänker om förstelärares uppdrag att leda utvecklingen av undervisningen i det aktuella ämnet. Vid vår undersökning har vi valt att använda oss av kvalitativ intervjumetod. Studien har en kvalitativ forskningsdesign. Fenomenologi används som forskningsstrat

This thesis investigates the social dynamics of the Chin refugee group which currently faces great challenges in Malaysia, the host country. Modes of organisation and coping mechanisms are examined in relation to the specific legal and socio-political context. The theoretical concept of “diaspora” is used to make sense of processes of identity (re)construction and collective action. In addition, f

Motivation och meningsfullhet är det som driver oss framåt. Genom att ställa klassiska teorier mot resultat som samlats in via enkätintervjuer var syftet med denna studie att undersöka hur ett 20 tal personer som är aktiva i arbetslivet känner en meningsfullhet och vilka faktorer som gör att de upplever motivation i sitt arbete. För datainsamling av det empiriska materialet genomfördes enkätinterv

The aim of this study is to see how big the estimated number of unrecorded cases in Sweden are when it comes to reporting sexual molestation and to see if the court sees the victim as an ideal victim. If so, it is in our interest to investigate if the ideal victim can be associated with the number of unrecorded cases. The cases from the court in Malmö has been coded, placed into charts and analyse

The purpose of this study is to explore identity dynamics in mergers and acquisitions. As Clark, Gioia, Ketchen and Thomas (2010) point out, traditional economic perspectives are often not sufficient in explaining merger outcomes. Extant research on identity largely take a functionalist approach and frequently use quantitative methods, not taking the individual seriously. In contrast, we want to b

Sweden is a geographically large country, with several regions counted as rural areas. Hospitals and emergency care units can be up to one hour away, making emergency healthcare less available in time sensitive situations to some groups of people. To help decrease the waiting time, local people of certain professions, volunteers and similar, have created groups to help with the initial care. In th

Denna studie har som syfte att bidra till en ökad förståelse för hur interaktionen mellan frontpersonal och kund kommer till uttryck i servicemötet på caféer, genom att undersöka personalens verbala och ickeverbala agerande gentemot kunden. Detta görs genom dolda observationer på ett kedjedrivet- och lokalt café där två frågeställningar styr studiens utformning. Den första frågan är mer djupgående

Barnfria, alltså de som frivilligt väljer att inte skaffa egna barn, är en grupp som avviker från sociala normer. Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka stereotypinnehåll för barnfria i Sverige och se hur den barnfrias kön påverkar stereotypen. Tidigare internationell forskning har visat att barnfria uppfattas som mindre varma än föräldrar. Både deltagarnas och de barnfrias kön har också visTo be childfree, i.e., to voluntarily not have children, deviates from the social norm. The aim of this study was to investigate the stereotype content for childfree in Sweden, and how their gender, and factors of the participants, affects the stereotype. Previous research has shown that childfree are perceived as less warm than parents. In stereotype research, women are generally perceived as mor

Purpose – The road freight industry is becoming more and more complex. An increasing number of actors participating in the transport process has been highlighted. Simultaneously, transport constellations become more fragmented. With transport as feature of the product-offer, sending companies face new challenges. While transport has as part of the product offer influence on the customer satisfacti

Maskininlärning har de senaste åren bidragit till starten på ett omfattande paradigmskifte mot ett smartare och mer uppkopplat samhälle. Det här examensarbetet bidrar till den utvecklingen genom att öka förståelsen kring hur bilder på ansikten kan representeras så att ansiktsdragen hos personen blir naturligt beskrivna i representationen. Resultatet är ett system som kan generera verklighetstrognaThis thesis presents a system, which builds on the Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) framework, with the focus of learning interpretable representations of data. The system is able to learn representations of data that are ordered in regards to the saliency of the attributes, in a completely unsupervised manner. The training strategy expands the latent space dimension while appropriately adding

This thesis investigates the overall market reaction in connection to the stress test and transparency exercise conducted by the European Banking Authority in 2018. For this we apply an event study that adjusts for event clustering, something that is widely neglected in previous literature. This approach has a big impact on decreasing the statistical significance of the results. The results show a

Our interest to conduct this study emerged from the intense debate, which took place prior to the law reform regarding sexual crime. The aim is to review selected parts of the new legislation from a functionalistic perspective to tell if the legal norm fulfills its purpose. This was possible with the help from a selected group of expert witnesses and their comprehension of the modifications that s

Syftet med den här kvantitativa studien är att undersöka om Mozart-effekten har någon inverkan på matematisk problemlösningsförmåga, self-efficacy och arousal och om dessa tre variabler kan manipuleras med Mozarts sonata för två pianon. Mozarts sonata K448 är den oberoende variabeln. Matematiska resultat, vakenhetsgrad och Self efficacy undersöktes som beroende variabler. Studiens population var sThe aim of this quantitative research study was to investigate if the Mozarteffect had any impact on mathematical problem-solving ability, self-efficacy and arousal, and if these three variables can be manipulated with Mozarts sonata for 2 pianos. Mozart’s sonata K448 is the independent variable. Mathematical results, arousal and self-efficacy were investigated as dependent variables. The populati

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the leadership style of future leaders, their personality, as well as their perceived stress level. The Full Range Leadership model with a focus on the transformational leadership dimension, as well as the Five-Factor personality model were used as a theoretical basis. The study was conducted with eighty- seven participants enrolled in a Mast

Trots att det finns fördelar med fysisk aktivitet har studier visat att deltagande inom idrott minskar med åldern (Biddle, 2008; Oja et al, 2015; Ståhle, 2008). Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka hur motivationsklimat på träningen för vuxna idrottare upplevs och deras resonemang kring hur ett motivationsklimat fördelaktigt ska se ut. Studien konstruerades efter ”Achievement Goal TheoDespite benefits of physical activity, studies have shown that participation in sport decreases with age (Biddle, 2008; Oja et al, 2015; Ståhle, 2008). The goal of the study was to examine how the motivational climate during training for adult athletes is experienced and their reasoning around how a motivational climate should look like. The study was based upon Achievement Goal Theory through Nic